Abstract: This is a report about the United States’ mid-range missile capabilities and developments. It also looks at potential threats and competitors now and in the future. It covers missile developments in North Korea, Iran, Russia as well as the United States’ own capabilities and defense mechanisms.
Center for Strategic & International Studies
Missile Defense 2020
April 6, 2017
In policy pronouncements over the last two administrations, the protection of the American homeland was regularly identified as the first priority of U.S. missile defense efforts. Homeland missile defense today is provided by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program and other elements of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System. The limited defenses fielded today have advanced considerably since defensive operations began in late 2004, but nevertheless they remain too limited and too modest relative to emerging threats. The Missile Defense Agency’s path to improve the system may require additional effort to stay ahead of even limited missile threats. This report explains how the current system works, as well as current and potential plans to modernize the system, and the authors offer recommendations for future evolution of the system.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/missile-defense-2020
This is the direct link to the publication (it is 160 pages long but has many helpful diagrams and charts in the pdf file).
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